Category: Cooking

I really enjoy Korean food, and the soups are some of my favorite dishes. Of the soups, one of the ones I most like is Gamjatang – pork bone soup. Unfortunately, it’s pretty hard to find in restaurants. Very few have it at all, and there are many others that will only prepare it if… Continue reading Adventures in Korean Cooking: Gamjatang

On a whim, we picked up a couple of small filets at the grocery store, and I pan seared them for us. The last time I tried cooking steak this way, it ended up burned on the outside and raw on the inside, so I looked up a recipe this time. Turns out that my… Continue reading Seared Steaks

Emboldened by our recent home-cooking successes, I decided to try my hand at baking a yeast bread. Now, I’m a huge fan of down-to-earth old fashioned European crusty bread, so that’s what I set out to find. I ended up choosing this recipe, not really paying attention to how many steps it was and how… Continue reading Crusty Bread (First Attempt)

We were originally going to make a chicken-stuffed pumpkin, but didn’t end up having any bread ready in time. Rather than put dinner off until about 10:00 at night, I improvised a chicken stroganoff based on my family’s beef stroganoff recipe. I had a previously-cooked chicken in the fridge (using this recipe), so I used… Continue reading Chicken Stroganoff

This is a bread recipe we’ve used a few times when we want to bake a loaf while the rest of dinner cooks. It’s very amenable to substitiutions and flavor alterations, and it comes out dense, moist, and flavorful. * 3 cups flour * 2 tsp baking powder * 1 tsp salt * 1 1/2… Continue reading No-Rise Herbed Dinner Bread